Gnome Fire Party : First Fire Of The Year

The first frost came this morning so I wanted to celebrate with a fire.

Little Seed is too poorly to go outside for a real fire so 

we brought some warmth inside for him.

Big Seed helped to gather some Autumn treasures from outside in our garden

to add to those he has collected and played with earlier this year.

Twigs, dead stems, seed heads, leaves, old dried lavender, acorns, etc

We made our first fire and all threw the Autumn treasures into it,

turned off the lights and listened to the noises and watched it burn.

All the gnomes were also here to watch and share in the first fire party.

Soon it will be time for the Autumn gnomes to go to sleep, it's getting very cold.

This inspired some storytelling about fires which I will post tomorrow.

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Autumn Gnome Necklaces

One oak leaf and one birch leaf,

providing sleeping bag pouches for 2 little gnomes.

Go for a wander around the garden looking for signs of Autumn and ripening pumpkins...

and they helped the Two Little Seeds to turn over some soil.

Thank you gnomes for your company today !

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Linking to Beneath The Rowan Tree

Gnome Books

Big Seed discovered the stapler I placed in his writing box.

He is quite adapt with scissors so cut up tiny pieces of paper

that were so small...

"Well I can make these into books for the gnomes."

And so he did, he wrapped them up and then asked,

"When is it their birthday? I want to give it to them for their birthday."

Luckily a 4 year old has no concept of time...so their birthdays were today.

Joy

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A Tiny Door To A Gnome & Fairy Land

What could possibly be behind the door?

Where are those 2 gnomes going?

You'll never know because they go in there at night when children are asleep.

I think they are going to appear in every room in the house, different shapes and sizes!

( A piece of wood painted with a button stuck on, attached to the wall with blu-tak...)

Winter Gnome Giveaway

I am so excited to present our Winter Fairy Giveaway by Rjabinnik.

"SnowFlake is one of the miracles of Mother Nature.

 Her unique beaty and inimitability reminds us of the endless magic that Nature manages. 

One snowflake, one miracle...
We wish You Marry happy and blessed winter times.
Rjabinnik and Rounien"

Isn't she absolutely gorgeous?

To enter this giveaway...

click here to go to Rjabinnik's Etsy shop

and write a comment HERE saying which item you like the best.

The winner will be chosen on the 5th December.

They will ship globally...helping to spread the gnome/fairy love around the world!

Good luck everyone

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My Autumn Swaps Have Arrived!

This is the first time I have ever done something like this.

It was really exciting!

I got these AMAZING pumpkin hats from Cheryl at Time To Craft.

In exchange for these red apple tree applique tops, with apple buttons, and hair bands to match.

Her packages arrived with this beautiful wrapping.
Check out the lovely tree and toadstool printed paper. Luscious.

I swapped these 3 green tree applique tops for..

These GORGEOUS knitted gnomes...

and this FANTASTIC knitted doll from the fabulous
Wild Faerie Caps mama.
This photo is poor quality as Big Seed played with it all evening...he gave birth to them within 2 minutes!
He treated them all like his babies...so sweet.

Here they are in a sling!

Thank you lovely ladies...such beautiful crafts!
The boys and I love them all!

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Gnomes, Watercolours and Diamonds

Our Autumn Gnomes have arrived from Rjabinnik at Etsy.

I absolutely adore these creatures, they are so beautiful!

The gnomes asked Big Seed to make them an Autumn watercolour, so he did.

He used the pipette technique he is fond of.

Then the gnomes wanted to show us a secret place in the garden,

some real Autumn treasures...

Tiny dewdrops all around these Lady's Mantle leaves

sparkling like real diamonds.

It was such a surprise to see on our wander round the garden.

I have had this in the garden for years and never noticed this before.

What magic will you see tomorrow in unexpected places?